Foreign Affairs

Terrorism threat level raised to critical after COBRA meeting

Think tank warns post-Brexit trade deals will require a step-change in Whitehall culture with the creation of a new “trade negotiator” profession as a priority

Union calls on ministers to clamp down on “unwarranted, vicious attacks” on public servants in the press

According to reports, the Department for International Development’s top civil servant is set to be appointed as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the UN

 

Letter dismisses government's claim that it meets 2% NATO defence spending target as “accounting deception”

DFID budget set to rise despite cuts elsewhere in Whitehall under spending pledge

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

Foreign secretary’s mayoral fixer becomes non-executive director at King Charles Street

Rise in spending through aid outsourcing has turned DfID into a commissioning department, say MPs

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

Select committee calls on Treasury to relax rules so that Department for International Development can build capacity to ensure it allocates and manages aid budgets effectively